President Obama arrives in Brussels… with a 900-person entourage

by Meghan

Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:12 PM EST

While First Lady Michelle Obama enjoys her $8,400/night suite at the five-star Westin Hotel in Chaoyang, President Obama is running up quite the tab in Europe. According to The Guardian, the President’s trip to Brussels required a 900-person entourage and cost the city about $10.4 million – no word on how much money the American taxpayer are on the hook for.

As Belgium’s capital and host to the EU and Nato, Brussels is used to deploying heavy security when big names pop by. But US President Barack Obama’s visit on Tuesday will strain the city like never before with €10m ($10.4m, £8.4m) of Belgian money being spent to cover his 24 hours in the country.

The president will arrive on Tuesday night with a 900-strong entourage, including 45 vehicles and three cargo planes. Advance security teams orchestrating every last detail have combed Brussels already, checking the sewers and the major hospitals, while American military helicopters were last week given the green light for overflights.

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The city’s four-stage security scale will be raised from two to three during the visit, Obama’s first to the country. A tight cordon will surround The Hotel, the 27-storey former Hilton in the Toison d’Or shopping district where the president will spend the night.

“That might be bigger than Puffy Combs,” Pat joked of the President’s entourage.

Brussels mayor Yvan Mayeur explained typical visits and summits run the city about $690,000 (€500,000) in extra police, military and transport expenses. But “you can multiply that figure by 20” Mayeur said of President Obama’s trip.

To add insult to injury, the Secret Service is once again making headlines for inappropriate behavior. The Washington Post reports three agents were sent home ahead of President Obama’s arrival in the Netherlands after one agent was found “drunk and passed out” in an Amsterdam hotel.

“I have never in my life seen such behavior from the Secret Service,” Glenn said. “We have seen it over and over and over again in this regime – the Secret Service misbehaving and behaving badly.”

The agents sent home from Amsterdam were placed on administrative leave, according to The Washington Post, which first reported the disciplinary action. The newspaper said all three were on the Counter Assault Team, which defends the president if he comes under attack, and that one agent was a “team leader.”

One agent was discovered highly intoxicated by staff at a hotel, who reported it to the U.S. Embassy, said a person familiar with the situation, who wasn’t authorized to discuss the alleged behavior on the record and demanded anonymity. The other two agents were deemed complicit because they didn’t intervene despite being in a position to assist the drunken agent or tamp down his behavior, the person said.

While Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said the incident was prior to the President’s arrival and did not compromise the his security in any way, Glenn believes this is a larger issue that must be addressed.

“That puts our President in peril. It puts the United States of America in jeopardy. This is a bell I have been ringing before this guy was even elected. Secret Service, you’ve got to do your job,” Glenn concluded. “This is a very, very bad thing. I think the Secret Service has gone dark. I really do. I hate to say that. I love these guys. But I fear they have gone dark… It’s not one bad apple. One bad apple does spoil the whole bunch, girl. I’m sorry… Somebody has got to go in there and clean that rat’s nest out.”

Front page image courtesy of the AP

Anonymous

Beck fails to tell the whole story yet again. He’s disgusted by Obama’s trips to Africa, but doesn’t mention that Bush made TEN trips to Africa, costing much more in total. Obama made FOUR trips, Clinton made EIGHT, and H. Bush made just ONE trip to Africa.

Just another example of Beck complaining without considering the possible reasons for the increased security like possible known threats.

landofaahs

I think the Netherland’s just purchased a large junk of out T-bills. Follow the money.

landofaahs

I don’t care what country he goes to as long as he stays there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72EnfFysPFE Connor

And you do not mention Obama spent ten times more than both Clinton and Bush combined. and when is sending a private plane for the family dog so they can have him with them in Hawaii not wasteful spending? I see Mr. Bean has his head up Obama’s rear again.

Anonymous

Where did you get your figures on how much Clinton and Bush spent on foreign travel? I’d like to read it.

Steven Spafford

You can read?? Wow !!

henry

im from canada : hope you will allow me an opinion .. but as a president this man is abusing his position of trust and public appointment , what i dont get is why is he still allowed to be there , doesnt anyone realize that if he stays for 2 more years …. the country can and will not stand , he alone can increase the debt over a 2 year peoiod and destroy the country singlehanded without any help from his muslim brothers He should be put up for treason the first time he changed the consitution. no less the rest of his abominations he has burdened the people with .

thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak

Anonymous

You and your opinion are welcome. Obama’s not using tactics unlike other US presidents. He’s just doing it at a higher frequency. The reason he’s maximizing his Executive power is because he’s given up negotiating with the House, especially after they walked away from the “Grand Bargain” and the tea-party lead debt ceiling debacle. The reason Obama’s allowed to do it is because he has a team of Constitutional lawyers advising him on what he can do. If you analyze the 17 trillion, there would be much debate on what was necessary. That figure is comprised of TARP, war debt, veteran debt ( 1 trillion), military, and many programs even the right doesn’t want to cut, and the stimulus, which was mostly tax cuts. Substantive cuts to entitlements will be very hard on seniors and the poor. Negotiating those cuts is necessary, but seemingly impossible with this gridlocked government.

Watch it

With your misinformation, who are you to question others about their sources? You don’t give sources.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72EnfFysPFE Connor

Why should I you would never believe it?

Anonymous

It’s all about Bush to you leftists. Get over it. YOu complained about Bush and promised the American people Obama would be different. If what Bush did was so bad, why has Obama doubled down instead of taking a different path. Really, this BS has got to stop. Beck did not say it was OK when Bush spent too much money and Obama has certainly upped the anti on spending all the while talking about income inequality, more money for the poor, transparency, etc. 900 people? Those providing security are drunk so we must spend more money to get more people so the drunk employees are not sacrificing security? Stop the out of control spending!

Anonymous

My complaint is not about Bush, it’s about Beck because he simply complains about everything Obama does with no objective discussion or context of previous administrations. Obama and the other presidents may have legitimate reasons for their foreign travel and their security entourage may be necessary. We’re neither privy to the details of these president’s foreign meetings, nor are either of us experts on appropriate security measures or threats that there may be to the president. So don’t pretend you know whether Obama should be at these meeting or whether there’s a need for heightened security.

The truth about spammers

Yes, all your complaints are against Glenn Beck! LMAO

Anonymous

I’ve commended him at times, but mostly he’s in the business of whipping his followers into an angry frenzy with one-sided information. Beck’s is a great salesman.

The truth about spammers

You can leave any time you like. Most people have the ability to make judgments on their own and your comment “…he’s in the business of whipping his followers into an angry frenzy with one-sided information.” is pure BS.

OBTW, I wasn’t able to find any comments where you actually commended Beck! Most of your posts are liberal talking points and garbage. I was able to see some of your other nonsense you have posted on Becks site. You’re really quite misinformed or purposely ignorant of facts.

Anonymous

I complimented Beck on his reasons why we’re so unplugged as a people is because we no longer understand the farmer.

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Then you say he’s a “complainer and one-sided, does more complaining than objective analysis, Beck incites a myopic view from his audience by exaggeration.” and on and on.

Your BS is duly noted. You can leave at any time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72EnfFysPFE Connor

I think he is taking the Mr. Bean thing to far or he is this stupid. I do not know which is worse.

mudslide

That goes both ways…actually, it goes several ways.
I would have no issues with anything he does – but with his attitude and lack of concern it shows a real unprofessional stance as POTUS. If we were in a good economy, jobs, the cost of living, strong defense, less welfare dependency, low food stamp use, NOT being told who and when to buy health coverage, and on and on and on I would care less what he does. He’s cavalier and arrogant. he has ZERO business being the president and does NOT represent me.

Anonymous

You may not feel Obama represents you, and he doesn’t represent my views many times, but if the country’s majority elected him twice, he certainly has some business being president.

Steven Spafford

You really area MORON, last election was fixed; 1st was because was time for a black. BS

Anonymous

Another Beck fan insults for lack of facts.

LARRY NOWELL

Facts?? Look whose talking – one who should keep thoughts
to himself. e

Anonymous

As I stated, it is an undeniable fact that the country elected Obama for two terms by popular election and keeping that to myself would make it no less true.

Anonymous

I think mess that Obama will leave is no less then Bush’s, may be even worse. It is different times, Landree, access to information is on a different level then in Bush times so Bush would have been executed by the left for much more then Iraq war. Plus Obama was promising transparency but is most non-transparent.
Regarding Obama representing: if not Iraq war, Bush had great way to unite. Obama is true divider. If he would just disagree but he shows such disrespect towards 50% of the country, otherwise he would be liked.

Anonymous

Fair enough. But one has to admit that Obama inherited an absolute economic disaster. Daunting problems like outsourcing of American jobs to China and India, massive war debt, a crashed economy, and a Congress totally unwilling from day one to work with him. I’ve never thought Obama was a great candidate for President, but I also don’t think any president could change the direction of these extreme problems within ten years of election.

Guest

To handle your “thoughts” in order. Reagan

Anonymous

To handle your “thoughts” in order. Reagan inherited a worse economy. Second, don’t you remember that for the first two years, Obama had BOTH houses of congress? That is how he passed Obamacare. (Reagan was not so fortunate.) Increasing wasteful spending, welfare, taxes/fees, regulations, etc. is exactly opposite what Reagan did to bring out our economy out of the cellar. Opposite approach and opposite results. Coincidence–I think not. And with regards to Beck, if you had listened to him during Bush’s “moderate to progressive” approach you would know that he did not give Bush a free pass. Beck is harder on Obama because Obama has taken the insanity to a new level. $17 trillion in debt, etc…

Anonymous

Reagan certainly did not inherent a worse economy. This recession can only be compared to the Great Depression where the Fed was actually urgently trying to prevent a run on banks. Yes, I do remember Obama had both Houses, which is why he rushed through as much as he could before the Congress changed. Otherwise he would have gotten nothing he wanted. Remember the “Grand Bargain”? That would have been the smartest comprimise of his term, but he couldn’t get it done. I think that was the biggest failing of government, not just Obama. If the right breaks down the 17 trillion, there would be much debate among them on what should have been cut. Most of the stimulus was in the form of tax breaks, which the right should love. Economists praise TARP. We have to pay our war debt. Nobody wants to cut the military. Nobody wants to cut entitlements to seniors. Many agencies were cut, like NASA, NIH, NOAH, NREL, etc., which I think is very bad because those scientific organizations in partnership with academia and industry, do fundamental science that leads to real products and increased GDP. Increased spending on the border, who wants to cut that? How about Homeland security? Does the public REALLY want NSA to stop listening for terrorists? I think not. I’ll be happy to hear Beck take an objective view of what substantive cuts should be made to specific programs and realistic consequences of doing so. Beck’s constant complaints about Obama’s every move are shallow, but they make him about $120 million a year because they inflame the nerves of his listeners.

Anonymous

Always putting blame on other things, you are a real Democratic trooper, I guess one of the 53%.

Anonymous

You can pretend things would be peachy if we only had a different president. They wouldn’t be. For the past 15 years, this country outsourced its manufacturing base, fought two deficit wars, special interests in the form of big business bought our government (think Citizens United), and greed and corruption in the form of phony sub-prime securities crashed our economy, not to mention a host of growing economic problems with entitlements and massive military spending. No country recovers from that quickly, so don’t kid yourself thinking it’s one mans fault.

Anonymous

Yes, but 900?????

Anonymous

Seems high, I agree. I think Bush had 770 or something. We don’t know the reasons for it. If Congress wants to know, they should ask.

Anonymous

Yes, the problem is that neither party cares about Americans. They do these things just because they can and they get away with it.

Anonymous

Politicians are by nature self-serving to some degree.

The truth about spammers

We’re broke as a nation. 17 trillion in debt. Obama is loved by everyone, 900 people entourage!

All of Bush’s trips didn’t ad up to 900 people!

Anonymous

Where did you get your figures on Bush’s security detail? I’d like to read it.

Steven Spafford

You can read??

Anonymous

Do you have a reference to where you got your statistics on Bush’s security detail on his foreign travel?

Ohio Land Man

why don’t down votes.. count up anymore.. is this more political correct bullshit??

Steven Spafford

Bush is history, wake up MORON to what this a——-h—-e is doing to this country.

Anonymous

Another Beck fan that can only insult for lack of intelligent debate. I didn’t criticize Bush, I criticized Beck. Read it again.

Anonymous

And you fail to see that we had a surplus under Clinton and under Obama we are 17.4 Trillion in debt.

Anonymous

We all know about the debt. Thirteen years of wars, a recession, outsourcing of American jobs, an aging population, veteran expense, and high medical costs will do that to a country.

The truth about spammers

The last 6 trillion in 4 years is really a killer for a Nation.

Anonymous

Go ahead and find excuses for your president. If you can not see what is happening to our once great nation, you can not be helped.

Anonymous

You can pretend things would be peachy if we only had a different president. They wouldn’t be. For the past 15 years, this country outsourced its manufacturing base, fought two deficit wars, special interests in the form of big business bought our government (think Citizens United), and greed and corruption in the form of phony sub-prime securities crashed our economy, not to mention a host of growing economic problems with entitlements and massive military spending. No country recovers from that quickly, so don’t kid yourself thinking it’s one mans fault.

Weren’t Bush’s trips to Africa about dealing with the Aids crisis over there? At least, some of them must have been.

Anonymous

Bush was certainly helpful to Africa with the Aids crisis. He met with numerous presidents there and increased foreign aid in general. I have no criticism of Bush’s visits and commend his attitude toward problems in Africa. My criticism is of Beck’s single minded disgust with Obama’s trips to Africa.

Guest

Then why specifically point out how many times Bush went to Africa, which you were wrong about (he went twice not ten times), when Obama went three times? Beck is disgusted at Obama’s lavish abuse of the taxpayers money while the economy is so bad and taxpayers are suffering.

SRM29

Why shouldn’t he be disgusted, like many of us are? Past presidents are irrelevant to the discussion. Obama is out of control and deserves to be called out on it. Him and his wife take more vacations than any other president in history, and routinely outspends them as well. If i’m so wrong, prove it with a real source, not a bunch of made up numbers

Why should Obama worry about costs? It’s not going to the evil Tea Party people and besides, the Federal Reserve will just print up what ever is needed. Democrats are economic retards.

Anonymous

Oblunder is working on collapsing our government by spending all he can…except on the military!

BevM

So that when Russia invades America, we can’t defend ourselves. Remember, he told Medeved (sp?) to tell Vlad “I’ll have more flexibility after the election” KNOWING he was going to “WIN” i.e. STEAL the election via massive voter fraud. 109% in many precincts went to Hussein while ZERO went to Romney, voting machines cast for Romney went to Hussein and the poll workers promised to “fix them.” They fixed them alright. In Hussein’s favor. The 2012 election was STOLEN, as was the ’08 election.

He HATES America and is proud and more than happy to destroy her. When Bush added $4.5 trillion to the debt in EIGHT years, it was “irresponsible and unpatriotic” but when Hussein adds $7 trillion in under FOUR years, “the debt isn’t a problem.” He’s a pathological liar and more… things I can’t say on here, lest I have a knock at the door tonight or tomorrow…

Jenn

at least when President Bush was in office there was plenty of jobs…try looking for a job now…there is nothing..

landofaahs

Out of Brussels sprouts moar debt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72EnfFysPFE Connor

How Obama deals with a problem.

Deckard426

Now that’s funny.

Anonymous

So true…

Steven Spafford

Sorry guys I fail to see the humor in this MORON

Anonymous

We’re laughing because he has driven us insane.

http://blaze.com/ mathchopper

I agree. To where is this (***—***) sent?

Anonymous

Hilarious! Thanks for sharing.

Amlco

Humpty Dumpty ready to fail. We all read about consequences.

Anonymous

you mean elections have conseguences ??????????

Anonymous

That’s hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72EnfFysPFE Connor

If it get’s him out of the country and away from here I say money well spent.

BevM

We could just send him to Cuba for MUCH less money and he’d get just as much accomplished. NO ONE that’s listening to him believes a word he says. He’s the laughingstock of the world! At least in Cuba he’d have the Dictatorship in common with Castro!

Deckard426

We give Kenya five billion dollars a second, and this is the thanks we get?

moms mabley

any white person with her should be ashamed!!!!

Anonymous

We’ll be on the hook for that $10.4 million along with whatever it costs to get him across the pond and back. But 900 people? Maybe a side trip to Amsterdam so the POTUS can show off smoking weed? 900 people??

BevM

I’d LOVE to know who those 900 people are! Maybe plenty of extra Secret Service Agents to take the place of the ones that just can’t keep their hands off of the weed in Amsterdam? Or maybe he called up the old Shroom Gang and invited them to Amsterdam. Maybe we’ll see a new pic of him in the hat with the J hanging out of his mouth! President Puff!

I thought Mooch and her girls and mom were bad enough. That one still p’s me off. Who the h3ll is she to take a trip to Commie China and DEMAND no press go along. I say no press, no Secret Service. If she’s taking a totally PERSONAL vacation, it’s on HER. Travel expenses included. Witch. They’re both a waste of oxygen.

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But everyone loves Obama!

Guest

Typical n#gger behavior.

Uncle Remus

All of Obamas gay lovers.

Anonymous

Oh yes, lets cut the size of the military so Oblunderhead can increase the size of his entourage. 900 people…? This man is a total fool and a fraud.

He spends our money like it’s nothing at every opportunity he gets. He spends our money wastefully over and over again, and the moonbats who believe him still believe his outrageous lies when the facts are totally available for anyone to see how lawless he is, totally disregarding his oath of office, as well as disregarding how out of control his spending is (far above and beyond any spending Bush EVER did)… King Obama is a tyrant, a fool, a liar, and a con-artist and his lawlessness has been fairly well documented at this point.

The worst part is he will be 2 1/2 more years in office. If the Republicans are smart they will show this persons’ wasteful spending in every add campaign.
Congress should not fund this outrages spending spree and to think that more people than ever go hungry every day in the US, and funding for the military has been cut to the bare bone. What an outrage!

BevM

And now he’s postponing the individual mandate for Obama/Democrats Don’t Care Health TAX – I believe this is UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNILATERAL change #32. Buck Sexton had something on his show about DEMANDING Obama/Democrats Don’t Care Health TAX be implemented EXACTLY as it was written in the beginning, exactly what they voted on. “We have to hurry and pass this bill (TAX) so you can see what’s in it” (Nan Botox Pelousy-turned 74 today and doesn’t look a day over 80!) with NO exemptions, NO postponing anyone’s mandated date to sign up, NO UNION OR CONGRESS/STAFF EXEMPTIONS, NO OBAMA FAMILY EXEMPTIONS. I think that’s an excellent idea. Then let’s see how many Democrat Socialists get reelected in Nov. Barry Hussein Dunham Soetoro has already pushed most of it back until after Jan. 2017!

I believe when the CONSERVATIVES take the Senate and win the House this November, we should push for charges for high crimes and treason, perjury, murder and voter suppression (IRS targeting Conservative/Patriot groups) and not impeachment. If he’s impeached, his legislation will stand until and if the next president repeals it all. ARRESTED, TRIED AND LET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BE THE JURY!! He and all of his administration, past and present, have to be arrested and tried and found guilty and hanged for treason against America and ALL OF US that knew better than to vote for a Community DISorganizer. Anyone that DID vote for him should also be prosecuted for giving the most important job in the world to someone that’s NEVER held a real job nor signed the back of a paycheck or earned an honest dollar. And take back every penny this family has spent on every vacation – Freeze their Swiss Bank Accounts! Not to mention all of the money they’re spending on TV commercials for this monstrosity TAX that is LAW. If it’s been voted on, passed and signed by Barry Hussein, why do they have to advertise for it? Because they know it sucks and the young aren’t as stupid as he’d hoped. BUT… he’s now SAYING (LIES, LIES, LIES) he’s “going to stop the NSA spying program” so the young and easily persuadable will fall back in love with him – while us older, wiser people know it’s just another lie! He wouldn’t know the truth if it hit him in the face like a brick.

I’d love for Rand Paul to get the nomination for POTUS in ’16. He’s the ONLY one that’s ever mentioned The Fed and getting rid of it. That would be the best first start in getting back on track. As long as we have that unConstitutional branch of govt. printing money (digitizing money) 24/7 and not giving a shiet about how it’s destroying our country and our kids’ futures, we don’t stand a chance. I like a lot of our choices, but DON’T let Reince (sp?) Preibus and the RNC pick our candidate AGAIN. Tell the RNC you WON’T vote Republican if they pick the squishy loser again. Any time you get an email or piece of junk mail asking for donations to the RNC, write back and LET THEM HAVE IT!! I have a couple of times and boy, does it feel GOOD!! I wouldn’t give them a penny if I had millions. Romney would have been much better than the thief in there now, but he’s NOT who we wanted. Time for the “Elites” to realize it’s WE THE PEOPLE that they work for and not the other way around.

Anonymous

And to think that 53 percent of the people in the US believe that Obama is a great leader (today in the news) scares me more than anything. Will the rest of us even have a chance to turn things around?

Anonymous

If you are sprawled out on your sofa with money coming in and you do not have to hit a lick at a snake then sure he is a great leader. We need to talk Wall Mart into having a big one day sale on the day of the elections so that 53% can find something to do besides rig the voting machines.

Anonymous

What part of “SHARE THE WEALTH” didn’t you all understand???…………..
He’s breaking The Bank of The U.S.A. and LOL! while doing it.
Then flying in his Jumbo Jet and yelling out the window with his five fingers waving, “READ BETWEEN THE LINES; SUCKERS”……………..
Can someone PLEASE! tell me why no one paid attention to his BIO?
It was all out there?

Anonymous

I don’t think people have realized that the Democrats have full control, the US will be broke. I think the elections were rigged in the past, and that’s not because I didn’t want Obama to win. I had a neighbor who was on disability, I was considerate towards her because I believe I should feel blessed to be in good health and able to work. There were days I would come home so tired, not tired from the work but tired from the liberal harassment from the people I worked with. The day I retired, she was outside, and I said, I finally get to retire and get some rest. We had been neighbors for ten years. She didn’t respond the way I thought she would, I thought she would say “good for you, you have worked hard and earned some time off to rest”. Nope, she said, with a spiteful voice “your just like the rest of us now”. I never had a clue she was jealous or hated me because I was able to buy extra things even though I was working. That is how Obama followers think. I believe certain percentage of people voted for him, so we would fail as a nation and the American people would become poorer and poorer. She didn’t respect the fact that I worked and was paying into the very system she was drawing from. They honestly don’t care, how hard people work, their just happy they get to take someone else money.

Anonymous

They vote for the hand outs. End of story.

Anonymous

Apparently, your a low life that thinks nothing of the people that have to work to take care of your lazy butt Chad. This is what is wrong with people today. Give me give me give me. I am all for giving a hand up, but not a hand out.

Anonymous

We must not forget that 70% of this nation can not chew bubble gum and walk at the same time. That’s our problem. Students interviewed at colleges could not name one senator.

Bonnie Somer

not 2 1/2 more anything if u go to DC May 16th for op american spring b there the tyranny ends

suzyshopper

What exactly do u think u will accomplish on that day,the president will surround himself with the military and secret service, and then will declare martial law,and have the police confiscate our guns.Do u really think enough ppl will put their lives on the line, too remove this president from the oval office?Not only that, what about the 51% who will probably do just about anything too protect their handouts.Im all for a march on washington, but i think the president will be to well protected for much of anything to happen. I know most everyone on this forum, would like nothing better than to see this president marched out of he WH in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs, but do u really think thats going too happen?Im not trying too be disrespectful, just realistic!

Anonymous

Why shouldn’t the king have a large curt to take with him! Don’t you US peons recognize a King and Queen, when you see them? I think Obama makes a great queen…

Steven Spafford

LOL, good 1

Anonymous

I notice that you must be using common core math…..10M Euro – $10.4m – 8.4mPounds????? Since when is the Euro devalued?

Robert Williams

Can the implosion of our world be any nearer…

mudslide

If I were Owebama, I’d require that much security as well….

Anonymous

Amerikah has been looted by both parties and they don’t rat each other out. When money goes to Kenya and all over the world it goes to the dictator and then a major portion is kicked back to the originator’s and deposited in off shore banks. This country is bankrupt beyond all known math. The Fed Reserve owners let these parasites get away with it because all the money is borrowed from them and the dirty secret is that amerikah is in a constant state of receivership to the the private owners of the Fed Reserve. It’s the biggest financial scam and crime in the history of the world.

Maggie ‘s Mom

Pres. Obama and the First Lady don’t have any kind of concerned about what things cost because they’re taking it out of the taxpayers dollars knocked around. They have no conscience of cutting military benefits and pensions for people that are fightng for our freedom at all. They need that extra cash so they can continue their flamboyant

Anonymous

Despite already paying a small fortune in taxes, we were notified by our tax preparer that we need to come up with an additional huge amount of $. We are both retired and living on fixed incomes so our choices are to dip into
an insignificant 401K or get a loan. We are so happy to go get a loan so that the Obama’s can live high off the hog (sarc). I despise those people and all the other moochers in this country.

BevM

I wouldn’t pay it. Laws mean nothing in this country any more. Just tell them you’re playing “Follow the Leader” and that’s a law you don’t like, therefore you’re not playing. What’s good for Hussein is good for us!

It’s sickening, after all of us that work and get $$ STOLEN from us all of our lives, they have the nerve to tell us they want more. I’m disabled but worked for 32 years until my body turned on me. We get a whopping 1.3% COLA while welfare/food stamp recipients get a 33% increase! Tell me they need more of YOUR money! I got up at 4:30 every morning to support myself AND those that didn’t want to support themselves. Every Thursday, coming home from work, I’d drive past the local food/clothing pantry that gave handouts to “the poor.” I’d get DISGUSTED when I’d see them getting out of their cars NICER THAN MINE and on their Smart Phones that I COULDN’T AFFORD for myself. Made me want to throw up. I’ve only been off work a few years and what I’m learning makes me sick. But Hussein wasn’t Elected. He was SElected for his willingness to Fundamentally Transform America and finish of the agenda of the Progressives of the last century. He didn’t grow up here, he hates America, he was happy to oblige. He doesn’t want the JOB but sure loves the PERKS.

Robert L. Rice

This is ALL ive come to expect from obozo and his queen,you can take THE TRASH out of the jungle,BUT,you cant take the jungle out of the trash……..AMERICA will be paying for this clowns actions (and SOC hagel) for years to come………

Lorenz Evans

€10 million is actually $13.8 million US, not $10.4 million US.

Lee in Phoenix

It’s good to be king!

ADELE

$8400 per night hotel in China?900 person entourage?????

Anonymous

This is ones of the reasons why it is so hard to win against incumbent president (any). Not only those 900 who get to enjoy travel but thousands more who are directly connected to the POTUS and all the contracts and what not. This is a huge machine and I highly doubt anybody can do anything about it. Potus “buys” the connections and they in turn make sure their chosen one stays.

Bill Tilghman

Sure we can do something about it – we can demand Congress cut his money off. At a time when the rest of the nation is barely getting by, they should have the sense of propriety not to abuse the system. They, of course, haven’t got an sort of restraint what so ever.

For a president that wants to focus on domestic affairs, he spends a lot of money on being almost anywhere but America.

christopher mahoney

I was walking in London when Tony Blair drove by; he was in one car, followed by a second car. No sirens, no flashing lights, no caravan. He was driving in traffic; the streets were wide open. The SS and its excesses need to be reined in.

BevM

Remember now, he’s “the president, so he can do whatever he wants.” That’s what he said anyways. He doesn’t deserve or need a 30 car motorcade. I wonder if it’s Priuses or the big Hummer that got stuck in some country? Can’t remember which – he’s been to about every country on earth, on our dime. HE and MOOCH need to be reigned in – to prison until found guilty of many offenses! Then punished accordingly for treason.
Then, for the first time in MY adult life, I’ll be proud of my govt. doing the RIGHT THING!! There’s just no stopping these Socialist Commie thieves. Will ANYONE ever see justice for any of the “phony scandals” or any of the outlandish spending this Kenyan and his ilk are guilty of?

Bill Tilghman

It was the Cadillac limo referred to as the beast that got stuck in Ireland. It is very heavy and with a low ground clearance due to the armor installed on it. A hummer wouldn’t get stuck.

He should be transported by sedan chair.

I agree with you on the rest.

Don Hart

Kennedy’s security detail partied also.

Anonymous

They’re probably getting drunk because they’re so sad that they HAVE to protect this putz…I mean POTUS. Maybe they want somebody to rid the country of one of the worst internal threats we’ve ever had. Granted…it’s not the correct solution. I say we need to find a way to impeach him before he totally ruins this once great country.

Daniel Petry

This would work for me…

Robert Reid

the people of this country have allowed this to happen. our complacency and loyalty to people who do not have our best interests is why they behave this way. in addition they are killing us with big pharma, spraying chemicals in the air in the form of “modified jet fuel” and geneticly modified food. so we have nobody but to blame but ourselves. now the beast is too big to stop. it will destroy anything that gets in its way…..

The truth about spammers

It can’t be that bad, you seem to be enjoying yourself at Disney World.

Anonymous

and not one Jew going to Saudi arabia

Anonymous

Obama’s paranoia mingled with his self importance could be described as a show off who abuses others by making them pay for his insatiable demands. It’s the word abuse which reporters have swept under the carpet.
His abuse of Brussel’s taxpayers should never have been allowed.
The man, himself, is a humiliation to American’s and brings shame to his title.
Because of unbridled extravagance, wastefulness, and a heaping upon himself of embarrassing indulgences and he does so without restraint, or care to those who loan and those who pay. He lives on the backs of others.
He has become a beggar.
Never has the world encountered one so needy.
Who, what world leader, what citizen, could respect his exaggeration of himself?
What is it the world will whisper behind his back?

Anonymous

He’s not a beggar – he’s a bottom feeding thief.

drw

Why is Michelle in China and not going to Saudi Arabia? Because is she traveled there she would then come under Sharia law and have to were the required attire. She never goes to Islamic countries with him. This would only apply if the male was a Muslim. Just saying.

Fred Doe

How much did it cost us just to transport all 900 people there?!

Anonymous

Fifty million but who’s counting.

Anonymous

Mr. Beck,
I believe you have the wrong opinion of the US Secret Service. They are for the most part the most dutiful and loyal protection an elected official could ever wish for. However, with that said, they are assigned to “protect” the Lawless One, his unappreciative family and uppity friends who see this protection as a “perk” and those who provide it as peons. A loyal Body Guard or anyone else, can take just so much of the dark cloud that is the present POTUS – the one without the premise of Duty or Honor. The “Bad Apple” you are referring to is the one on top of the heap.

What I want to know about the drunken sailor story is: Was this a setup? Was he slipped a Mickey? Is this a continuation of the mindless Military Brass purge? Does the SS Agent know Colonel Riley?

Anonymous

I can not see how any of them could stay sober having to nurse maid this guy.

Anonymous

knowing michelle is in china, whats making him look so tired, maybe that danish lady he met in s africa???

The truth about spammers

The two of them really can’t stand each other.

Anonymous

that explains her looks!!!

Bill Tilghman

Does it really? LOL

Anonymous

yes it does!!!

Bill Tilghman

I won’t argue with you, there has to be something inside that twists up a person’s face like that.

Anonymous

Agree – He looked like he was on drugs, his eyes were half shut when he was talking and he seemed docile – detached. Maybe his “choom gang” were among the 900 and they got ahold of a little weed.

Anonymous

the man looks like he aged 20 years since ’08!!!

Joseph

Does anyone else recall in 2002 during the SLC olympics when several SS men were having a drunken party in a hotel room, and invited underage girls to drink with them, that when the manager came to tell them to tone it down they actually put a gun to his head and threatened to kill him? They were ‘disciplined’ and sent home as well. What clowns. I had the chance to work with some of them in Israel 2008-2012. I was NOT impressed.

Anonymous

I remember that, now that you mention it. Shameful!

Bill Tilghman

How does that excuse this current offense?

LARRY NOWELL

I’ve never dared to voice this before but have and always will wonder just
how many of those females were for King. Or maybe there were males for
King, too??? Eugenia N.

Do you think he is partying hearty with his Danish Prime Minister gal pal? I do. Why do you think Michelle chose this time to go to China? It would make it appear that she was busy with her own agenda while she knew he would be overseas hooking up with his “selfie” beautiful blonde Danish friend.

Anonymous

So I think CNBC should do a show on “American Greed” about the Obama family and their lavish lifestyle using other people’s money. I guess this is what Communist leaders do. Or maybe Obama is just soaking up all of the Reparation money that descendants of American slaves think they are owed (although not Obama’s ancestors—perhaps maybe Michelle thinks she’s owed a lavish lifestyle for her ancestor’s slavery????) And yet no one in the Left Stream media dare criticize the first “affirmative action” black President even though he’s destroying our country and robbing us blind—because…he’s black…he gets a pass.

Big B

I don’t think CNBC would ever do it! But someone else could. Great campaign ad!

Anonymous

Fortunately Obama is not running again for political office. Another analogy would be the “Untouchables”–Obama and his family are above the law for their brazen looting of America because they are black–where the Mafia left off, the Chicago political mob took over.

Anonymous

In 2012, NY Times reported both BO and MO have ancestors who were slave owners.

Anonymous

Many Black Americans today including myself have ancestors that were both slaves and slave masters because of the prevalence of rape by slave masters. So unfortunately those slave masters are also our ancestors.

Bill Tilghman

Many of my ancestors were hunted down and killed by federal government troops at the edicts of Andrew Jackson. I would feel for you, but slavery ended in 1865. What has happened since then is the responsibility of the people of the time. That in no way excuses this administration abusing the treasury as is addressed in this story.

Anonymous

I never said that slavery is an excuse for “abusing the treasury,” I was simply responding to NoU4EN claim that MO have slave owning ancestors by pointing out that many Black American have slave owning ancestors. By the way like him or not Obama is the President and need to be protected especially when abroad. I never heard of any recent President traveling around with a small group.

Bill Tilghman

Don’t you think traveling with nine hundred people is an abuse of privilege? I am sure this has to be a record breaker, unless you call the Normandy invasion an entourage for Eisenhower…

Anonymous

HA! Well these DINOs (“Democrats In Name Only” since they are really Progressive communists) are still slave owners. The keep the African-Americans on the Democrat’s plantation of Government dependency.

Jenn

plus you’ve got the “race card”…if you even try to impeach this moron this is what those in bed with him will say..

Bill Tilghman

That needs to become a non-issue. We can’t continue to be defensive, and his cronies need to understand that race isn’t a part of this. This is about corruption run amok and nothing more.

Anonymous

The race card is the Obama “shield” from all criticism. It’s why McCain was such a push-over in 2008 because he was afraid to confront Obama on his communist and Islamic roots because the Left Stream Media would use the “R” word and call him racist. So in America, It’s not the content of Obama’s anti-American, communist loving character but the amount of melanin pigment in his skin that really counts.

Anonymous

Have you actually ever seen these descendants of slaves holding mass protests for reparations, I haven’t. Stay off of stormfront it kills brain cells.

Anonymous

No, I haven’t–you mean like those “mass protests” FOR having the Federal Government take over our health care system? Oh–wait–silly me—those were protests AGAINST Obamacare. The Left wing Blacks don’t have to hold protests for reparations–they are already getting welfare. That’s how the Progressive communists keep them dependent on Government and ensures their vote. What “stormfront?” And how would you know anything about what would kill neurons? You have so few of them.

Anonymous

Whaaat!! Welfare is reparations? I guess I have to go on welfare because I’m not getting any. How come white people are getting reparations since they are the majority on welfare? Do you really believe welfare is for blacks only? Do you really believe that black people are the only ones on welfare? And I’m the one that lack neurons? By the way you will never hear any self respecting black person screaming about reparations. Most will tell you that after 250 years of slavery in the so called land of the free and another 100 years of unequal segregation there is nothing you or anyone can do or give me that will repay that.

Anonymous

The percentage of Blacks (and Hispanics) on welfare is greater than the percentage of White people in the population, thus there will be more whites on welfare since whites are greater in number in the population. Referring to the Obamas soaking up “reparations”–was just one theory I postulated as to why the Obamas are so brazenly living high off the hog on other people’s money—the most logical reason is that they are just plain greedy and they take advantage of the taxpayers by their credo– “Git what you can git while the gitten’ is good.” They know that 90+% of blacks will support Obama even if he is a big fat shyster. I recommend you knock that chip off your shoulder and read something by Thomas Sowell, one of my heroes, along with Col. Allen West and Dr. Ben Carson.

Leslie Hoops-Wallace

I think the secret service is so mistreated under Obama, that they have these breaks in normal behavior.

Anonymous

what a phukchop – im so sick and tired of this psycho idiot and his derranged wife stomping on our backs – what else needs to happen when enough is finally enough?? good freakin garbage it just gets sicker and sicker… why wont the supreme court and congress do their damn jobs and throw his lousy a** out!?…

Bill Tilghman

These people are starting to remind me of Ceausescu’s administration in Romania. What in God’s name is wrong with them that they think they are able to do the things they do? They are counting on Americans being tolerant of an incredible amount of BS from them. I hate to think beyond that.

suzyshopper

You know ive asked myself those same questions, the only thing i can come up with is the supreme court is half liberal, and only 1 swing vote, which can go either way, all depends on what the case is , and the president must have the goods on alot of congress, so their afraid of, him,siking the IRS on them, or their afraid they could end up at the bottom, of some river somewhere!

http://www.absoluteintensity.com dennis reilly

it all trickles down from the top, our great messiah

Anonymous

To Boehner and all other Representatives: You hold the purse strings. As taxpayers, we demand an accounting. Who were the 900, why were they there, did we pay for their airfare, hotels, food, and entertainment?

Here’s the tele # – tell the operator you want to leave a message for Leader Boehner. You will get transferred to what eventually is his voicemail. Leave your message:

House of Representatives:
TEL: (202) 224-3121
TTY: (202) 225-1904

Then go to their website and contact your own representatives and tell him/her if
Boehner doesn’t take action, he should be removed as he is not looking out for our best interests and is failing in his position as Leader of the House.

As the saying goes, “A fish rots from the head down.”
AA does not work in the Executive Branch nor in the SS – – think!!!.

Anonymous

Obama needs 900 people to go with him or he won’t have an audience!!

Jenn

he needs to make it look as though he is a friend of the people….HAHAHAHA

Keith Pallo

Are these guys not happy with the work they have to do in protecting this guy along with his absolute disregard for regular people who have to pay these bills with a 900 person tag alongs who also have to be proetected by these officers? Are they fed up and just drinking to deal with the dissatisfaction? Trust me that when there are significant purges to Obama’s praetorian guards combined with the purgess in the Military of the officers who were deemed unloyal bad things are going to happen in America!!!

Anonymous

Have they relaxed the requirements to become a Secret Service agent? Has he put friends on the team? We never used to hear of this kind of behavior; at least, I didn’t.

landofaahs

The clowns are not only running the circus, they are running the governments and the Central banks. Sorry if I offended any of you clowns out there. Well…not the ones running things though.

Anonymous

the problem with socialism is you’re high on opium(OPM) Its easy to Spend Other Peoples Money! living the High life on our money and he yells at the Rich. Oh No He Will Not Tax The Wealthy Of His Friends uh Cronie-Thugs, He WIll Tax Rich Of Small Business!

Anonymous

we the taxpayers will get stuck – for the whole thing Glenn – What else would you expect from the criminal who thinks hes king?

Rachel

This pathetic excuse for a President really thinks he’s a KING! Remember what we did to King George, ahole.

Jenn

how about we all take a holiday and put it on obummers tab???…he should be more than happy to pay as the American taxpayer is paying for his pathetic trips…

Anonymous

I use to get all crazy about this stuff, letting it shoot my blood pressure through the roof. This I no longer do. I just sit back and wait for the end because the end is coming. When the end comes the hand outs will stop and the takers will burn everything in sight. I can grow my own food and have plenty of clean water. Lets see who comes out on top.
They the takers best live it up while they can because payback gets nasty.

Anonymous

You have clean water – for now. Just this week the EPA resurrected their planned changes to the Clean Water Act. They WILL control virtually any stream or ditch including that seasonal runoff coming through your yard and your man made pond. The puppet masters know that WATER is the key to survival and they intend to control all sources.

Anonymous

Sometimes I wonder what good it does to make our opinions known. Our lawmakers pay no attention and continue to do what benefits themselves.

ken.

900 hundred of his supporters get to travel the world at taxpayers expense, thats called a wealth redistribution party. if i had to protect the obama family and friends i would be drunk all the time too, probably a drug addict.

Anonymous

I beg to differ with Glenn on one point . . . with an entourage of 900 people, I doubt if the absence of 3 drunken secret service agents will in any way put Obama or our nation in any kind of peril.
Does anyone know if the White House has published a list of the 900 people traveling with Obama and their titles/functions? If they haven’t, they should be required to
do so.

red55bird

Wonder how many our with Mitchell Obama in China, remember do as I say not as I do.

Anonymous

Glenn, the rat lives in the White House! It has been well published that the POTUS has no respect for the Secret Service and less respect for our troops! I feel the morale of the Secret Service is at an all time low because they see, day-in & day-out, how this POTUS is destroying this country. Granted, the people of the service took an oath to protect the POTUS. And there is no excuse for them not to operate in a professional manner. At the same time, the POTUS took an oath to uphold the Constitution and protect the American people! You, I, the world,and the Secret Service see that the POTUS is not upholding his oath of office, every day! Look at the stress that this POTUS has caused the American people. My God, look how stressed out you have been over this POTUS! Not a day goes by when we all learn of another jack-ass situation that this POTUS has made! Can we imagine the stress that these Secret Service people are going through every day of the year, because they see the destruction of America right before their eyes every day on a much closer range than anyone! The people of the Secret Service are a very dedicated group,dedicated to the love of our country. As are our military is!
Maybe it’s time that a plan should be set in place that all agents must go through a mental evaluation every 90 days, or something.
Thank you Glenn & God Bless America

Wade Johnson

(in Belgium) All hail the king, the king is here. All hail the king.
(in China) All hail the queen and the queen mum.

900 people!! that is nuts. and we have to foot the bill for it. You know that the closer it comes to him getting out of office the worse it is going to get. not to mention the more some are going to push for him to have a 3rd term (“I have a phone and a pen”)

Brontefan

Ahhhh! I still maintain we have our very first Gatsby president! 0bama is unaware of how a real president behaves.. so he is behaving as he assumes a president conducts himself—like ROYALTY. Spending the taxpayers’ money at unrealistically rapid speed.. on himself and his entourage… because he is KING. For those who did not have the benefit of literary classics, “The Great Gatsby” is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald … which upon original release did not fair as well as his other novels. It’s a relatively short novel.. but quickly became a classic because it’s about the rich and powerful who destroy innocent people’s lives and then retreat into their power and money. The era is different–taking place during Prohibition, the names are different, but the characters are timeless. Nouveau riche frequently depicts people who acquire money and attempt to live in the wealthy manner that they inaccurately assume the very wealthy actually live. 0bama is our Gatsby president. None of this would be of any concern if it weren’t for the fact that our economy is in the toilet and millions of Americans are struggling to survive without jobs, or working multiple jobs.. etc.

Cuffs

“They were careless people….they smashed up things and creatures
and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald ” The Great Gatsby”

Anonymous

Pardon my asking, but far less evil and spendthrift presidents were assassinated,…..why is he still alive ?

Dave Maureen Hamlin

why don’t they impeach the so called president much easier

ConservativeSenior

Perhaps the Secret Service is responding to the POS in the WH. Don’t doubt many of them would lay down their lives for their country but not for this muslim, marxist fraud. The “rat’s nest” is not in the Secret Service; it’s the regime. (with apologies to rats everywhere).

Bill Tilghman

Why on earth does this president need to transport 900 people? That is more than four company strength infantry troop units – nearly an entire battalion. He has to go places, and do the business of the American people but this is excessive, unwarranted and an abuse of his budget and the treasury. Someone has to get the message through to this man and his family that they do not own the treasury and can’t simply spend their way through it. Where is Congress’ oversight on spending? It is apparent someone has raided the bank, and they have no self control. We need a Congress that will tell this man the word NO when appropriate, or more importantly when his desires are beyond sanity. If it were within my authority I would ground this administration – no more foreign travel, minimal domestic travel unless the situation requires the president to appear. He has at his disposal the ability to communicate globally via the media and other means, so why are we sending him all over the world? Furthermore, why are we allowing his family to go traveling for their own amusement like this China excursion? If liberals want to bring up Bush, in what way does what Bush did justify this president’s spendthrift abuse of our money?

The short answer is – it doesn’t. Bush is no longer a factor in the office, and even if you do compare them, the Obama administration in office 5 years has by far spent more money selfishly than the Bush administration did in 8 years. If anything his wasteful spending has accelerated since he began his second term. Not only is this man stealing from all of us, he is doing it without shame or any attempt at justifying it. The rest of America is placed on an austere budget, yet Obama and family lavish upon themselves the lifestyle of royalty. This is wrong, and there is absolutely no reason for them to continue to get away with it.

When is Congress going to act?

Guest

They wont – they abuse the purse strings too.

LARRY NOWELL

There are hundreds of posts here that I believe millions would like to give an up when only 20 or so have agreed. It’s because they are afraid of repercussions that King O could take against them. Well, they can’t prose-
cute everyone they’ve offended and who would like to speak up. AMERICANS, we have to take a stand. So they come after us!! It will save
us from having to endure the hand to hand combat that’s going to happen
in our streets just as is happening in third world countries. King O has done everything he can to make our America a third world power. He’d been taught all his life that we were third world and had been groomed in just what he would have to do when he was “selected” our president. And to think how much longer he will have to serve. I wish best of luck to Col.
Riley and his troops on May 16. I do wish I could be there, but many cir-
cumstances prevent it. May is my lucky month so I feel good about the
undertaking and will pray hard for their success. I believe that veterans
of all wars, those who gave their lives in service and those who have gone on in the course of life, must be forming their own cheering sections for
this time. Well, I’ve said too much and just for the record this will post as
Larry Nowell. Larry is much too fine a gentleman to even think some of
the things I’ve posted. I am his spouse and should be afraid. A few
years ago I would not have dared, but it’s time to stand up for what I
love and America is among the most important thing in my life. God
Bless You All. He is the only answer for these days and times and if
you don’t know Him, I suggest you find Him. Eugenia N.

Anonymous

You are absolutely right. This “royal” family…well they think they are royal anyway, is spending us into the poor house. Eight million dollar Christmas vacation to Hawaii, ten milliion for his trip to Egypt, and the real corker, Michelle’s 12-thousand dollar dress for a state dinner. Obama wants to “redistribute” the wealth…yours and mine…but not his. Only his is really our tax-payer money going down drain and into his pockets. He wants us to think he feels for the poor people in this country when he is the spend thrift of the world. The money he is spending could take care of all of our poor…there wouldn’t be any poor if that money were spent on them. If he really cared about the poor, he would stay home, and quit traveling the world spending money we don’t have. It looks to me like he is trying to travel as much as he can on the taxpayer dime before he leaves office. What other president in history has ever travelled as much as this guy? He hasn’t been in the oval office long enough to warm the chair.

Bill Tilghman

The most cynical of all of his financial maneuvering was to close the National Parks and Monuments and cutting off the White House tours during the government shutdown that he and his cronies in the Senate and House engineered and blamed on Republicans. They set the whole thing in motion by refusing to comply with their own law, the sequestration which was mandated by Obama’s own supposedly bi-partisan panel, and then blabbering to all the media outlets that the Republicans were responsible for the shut down. The Democrats were responsible for the whole thing because they made it politically impossible to oppose their strict defined parameters under sequestration, and then instead of making intelligent cuts under that act, they cherry picked the things they were willing to cut to make it the worst possible impact on the people instead of trimming back the waste and fraud the federal government is so full of. You can’t tell me that eliminating public use and access to National Parks, Monuments and the White House really met the requirements of the sequestration, that simply does not compute in rational terms. The responsibility for the shut down was hung on Republicans, despite the whole thing being designed by Democrats and the complicit media for promoting that lie.

This administration has wasted more money on fraud, political paybacks, unnecessary expenditures and outright scams than they have ever cut from the budget, and for them to blame the harm on the Republicans stretches credibility past the breaking point! Liars, thieves, extortionists, frauds, cheats and just plain criminals seem to be the sum of who is in charge in DC, and this latest insult to the American people should not be tolerated. Where is the accountability? Where is the restraint and the fear of prosecution for breaking federal laws? We need a people’s advocate in Washington to hold these people responsible for their offenses, and it needs to begin with the Thief in Chief.

Congress needs to do its job and get this situation under control. Grounding Air Force One would be a good place to start, along with placing realistic limits on foreign and domestic travel spending. There is no real reason to allow these excessive globe trotting BS sessions, and they produce absolutely no benefit to the country or the people. We can’t send astronauts to and from the ISS that we conceived, designed, financed and built, and this President has farmed out our space program to the Russians who have proven to be untrustworthy. They have been, and continue to be completely self interested and in no way are concerned about the world’s opinion of their acts, motives or any other thing. Now we can’t come and go because of the tenuous nature of our relationship with them. What happens if the Russians decide to pull the plug on the ISS and refuse to transport our personnel to and from it? For all practical intent and purpose, they have annexed the ISS in the same manner in which they now own Crimea. All of this is due to the gadabout President and his total lack of influence, leadership and ability to project power around the world – the only power that the Russians have ever understood. Because of the work of this man’s administration we now have gone from keeping the Russians in check to chasing our tail, wringing our hands, begging and fretting over what Putin plans to do next. This is not the American way, and it is no way to deal with tyrants like Putin, Assad, the Mullahs of Iran or the regimes in China and North Korea. They all know he is a do nothing and we the people are paying his bills.

Impeachment is way over due.

Wisdom Seeker

I believe there is a morale crisis in the Secret Service, because of not having a “real” president to protect.

Deckard426

Obama thinks Brussels is the capital of Sprouts.

Anonymous

I am truly “SHOCKED”.Are the secret service people—so depressed,disappointed, disgusted—with this poor excuse for a leader.Embarassed that this joke of a human being—is supposed to be treated with the up most respect—when he is deserving of none!!While he and his wife travel the world(at the tax payers expense)all the time ridiculing the same country that pays for all his bills! What a travesty! How could %50 of the country believe in this sad excuse of a man.And the both him and her acting like all these Luxurys —are their due!!I know they are supposedly dumbing up the kids,—-but seems to me they did not have to work hard at it!!!

Anonymous

REALLY the New York Times???Does anyone believe what that paper prints??Did you know the Canadian P.M does not have a big security team travelling with him where ever he goes.I believe the American government has gone way over the top with this.And what about the security for life to “ALL”former presidents???Again on the backs of the tax payer.As to the commies destroying this country,they have no worries—their pockets will be full.And the country will be destroyed.Unless someone puts a stop to it.

BevM

I agree 100%. Once ANY elected official leaves office, they should be on their own. NO security for ANYONE unless it comes out of their own pockets. And they should also have to retire on SS and Medicare, no special perks for them. They’re no better than anyone else.
Also, I think the millions they all make from their “Legal Insider Trading” (that Eric Cantor saved from being taken away from them by sneaking it in to legislation right before it was voted on) should have to go toward the debt THEY incurred. If you put all 535 of their portfolios together, it would likely add up to trillions that they shouldn’t leave office with. They live like royalty for the most part while in office, they should pay THEIR debt when they leave.

What’s happening to this country is a disgrace and Hussein continues his never-ending campaign fund raising rallies. He’s going to Texas this week, but NOT to the border to see the disaster HE’S created. Let him go in to the facilities, witness the diseases he’s bringing in to America (and perhaps contract one of them?). Hepatitis, tuberculosis, scabies, chicken pox, measles, lice so bad they’re crawling all over people who’s hair is so full of them that the insects are also sucking blood out of other places on them. How many of US will ultimately contract any of these diseases or illnesses? Is that his true plan to rid America of millions of her citizens? To get rid of Conservatives that are against his Socialist agenda, his Fundamental Transformation of the once best nation on earth?

The most recent Quinnepac Poll said Obama’s approval rating is 37%, polling more Democrats than Republicans and Independents. He’s considered the WORST president since WW2. Chaos worldwide and his never ending campaign fundraisers continue like nothing’s wrong.

It’s going to be really hot where he goes when he meets his Maker. Hope he likes it hot. He’s destroying our country, emboldening our enemies and making our allies unable to trust us. ALL Obama voters will be there with him for their help in the Fundamental Transformation of America and taking God out of our country while Allah is more than welcome.
“If the political winds shift in an ugly direction, I will stand with the Muslims.” ~Barack Hussein Dunham Soetoro “Obama”

Plow Comms

Although commonly misinterpreted, the word “collectivism” does not refer to the social interaction, coordination, and voluntary association that arise spontaneously from our human nature.

Anonymous

Running around shaking hands and trying to look productive.Nothing is getting done as usual.